A former UC Davis police officer whose pepper-spraying of protesters gained worldwide notice thanks to a viral video has been awarded more than $38,000 in workers' compensation from the university for suffering he experienced after the incident. [...]

Pike was suspended with pay afterward. According to a database of state worker salaries, he earned $119,067 in 2011, the last year for which figures are available.

More than 17,000 angry or threatening e-mails, 10,000 text messages and hundreds of letters were sent to Pike after the video went viral, according to the police union. [...]

Earlier this year, UC Davis settled a federal lawsuit by paying $1 million to three dozen protesters who were pepper-sprayed.

So that means his victims were awarded $27.7k each: $10k less than he got.

It must have been so hard for him to get his salty, salty tears out of his riot helmet after all of those mean, mean emails.

(Are people represented by their own lawyers at the Division of Workers' Compensation Appeals Board? I expect the protesters had to pay for representation to get their settlement. If he didn't and they did, the disparity in what they actually got is even larger.)